Alex Gibney Examines Russian Election Interference in HBO Documentary ‘Agents of Chaos’ (EXCLUSIVE)

The buzz around Steve McQueen's five-part BBC/Amazon anthology film series Small Axe is crescendoing ahead of the world premiere of three episodes at the New York Film Festival later this month, and The Hollywood Reporter now has an exclusive first-look photo from the film entitled Alex Wheatle.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticWhen it comes to the mysterious and disturbing subject of what goes on in the minds of serial killers, popular culture has usually been ahead of the curve. The idea of the split personality goes way back — to “Dr.

CBS All Access documentary based on the book of the same name by Blake J.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorOscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney had some choice words about the Trump administration today as he Zoom-ed into the Venice Film Festival to discuss Crazy Not Insane, his out of competition title that’s playing here. It focuses on Dr Dorothy Otnow Lewis, a psychiatrist who assesses the sanity of people on death row before they are to be executed and examines what makes someone a serial killer.

Neon has picked up Alex Gibney’s latest documentary, Totally Under Control, about U.S. president Donald Trump's failed response to the global Coronavirus pandemic, for an October theatrical release.

Dino-Ray Ramos editorAs film and TV try their best to get back into production amidst the constraints of a global pandemic, Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney has been quietly filming a documentary for the past four months with Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger. The project, titled Totally Under Control puts a spotlight on the White House’s failed response to the global pandemic and how it could have been prevented.

Alex Gibney has a new documentary film called “Totally Under Control” aimed at President Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Neon will release the movie this October ahead of the general election, the distributor announced Thursday.Gibney, an Oscar winner for “Taxi to the Dark Side,” has been quietly filming the documentary alongside co-directors Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger for the past four months.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAsia’s stuttering film and TV production outlook stems in large measure from the relative caution with which the region’s governments have approached the coronavirus outbreak.Calling on experience garnered with several recent bouts of epidemic disease (SARS in 2003, Avian Flu in 2013 and recurring waves of Dengue fever), governments around the Asia-Pacific region quickly urged their populations to mask up. Then they locked the borders.

Gavin and Stacey co-creator Ruth Jones has addressed the rumours that she had written new episodes during the coronavirus lockdown.Recently appearing on The One Show, the writer-actor responded when co-host Alex Jones shared her theory that Ruth and co-writer James Corden would have written more material over the past few months.Unlike @GethincJones, @MissAlexjones and @huwbbc, Ruth Jones wasn't taught Welsh at school, so she’s been trying to learn now.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNENT Group, the Nordic region’s leading streaming company, has ordered “Furia,” an original drama series created by Gjermund Stenberg Eriksen (“Mammon”) exploring the underworld of right-wing extremism in Europe.A co-production between Norway’s Monster Scripted and Germany’s X Filme Creative Pool Series and ZDF, “Furia” will premiere exclusively across the Nordics on NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service in 2021.Repped by Keshet International, the

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticShowtime will premiere its original documentary Kingdom of Silence about the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi on October 2 – the two-year anniversary of Khashoggi’s death.Directed by Emmy-winning Documenting Hate filmmaker Rick Rowley and exec-produced by Alex Gibney in collaboration with Lawrence Wright, Kingdom of Silence examines the relationship between the U.S.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify launched Joe Rogan’s popular podcast this week. But the batch of 1,691 episodes of “The Joe Rogan Experience” currently available on the streaming platform is conspicuously missing a several controversial segments.The Rogan episodes on Spotify omit his interviews with conspiracy monger Alex Jones and other far-right figures including Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, ex-Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, Charles C.

Joe Rogan's podcast has made its Spotify debut -- mostly. The comedian serves as host of "The Joe Rogan Experience," which became available to Spotify subscribers on Tuesday, sans a handful of episodes featuring controversial guests.

Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.James Brown, who will be the host, hopes the five-hour block will allow everyone to take a big-picture approach to what is currently happening.“We need to understand our past and what we have learned,” he said. “This is one step in the process where we are supporting the country to be engaged.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterVerve has made election day a paid company holiday for all employees starting with this year, Variety has learned exclusively.“We have always lived by the mantra ‘Voices Heard,’ and we think that mantra is even more appropriate today,” the agency’s partners said in a statement.

“Let’s put the word ‘collusion’ aside for a moment… and let’s instead use the word ‘seduction.’” – Timothy Snyder, Professor of History, Yale University; Author, “The Road to Unfreedom.” This sentiment of seduction is key to “Agents of Chaos” a new two-part documentary from Academy Award winner Alex Gibney. The doc is immediately timely and features revelations confirmed by the recently-released Senate Intelligence Report.

Twitter on Sunday morning tagged another post from Donald Trump in which this time it appeared the president was attempting to dissuade people from voting in the upcoming election. Around 7:30 a.m.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerJoseph James DeAngelo, known as the “Golden State Killer” who terrorized California during a two-decade, six county rape, murder and robbery spree, was sentenced Friday to 11 consecutive terms of life without parole.The subject of an HBO documentary series, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, which was based on writer Michelle McNamara’s best-seller of the same name, DeAngelo was a former police officer who was known by several nicknames, including The Original Night

Die Hard, according to Alex Winter.The late actor, who died in 2016, once told Bill & Ted star Winter about the impact of taking on the villainous role.“It could be worse,” Winter told The New York Times about being associated with his role with Bill & Ted. “I remember walking down the street with Alan Rickman once.“A fan came up to us, and afterwards Alan was like, ‘You’re so lucky that you’re known for playing Bill and not Hans Gruber the terrorist.

Die Hard, it sounds like the aftermath of the iconic action movie wasn't pleasant for Alan Rickman.Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure star Alex Winter has shared an experience he had while chatting with the late British actor in a new interview.Discussing being frequently associated with a single role, Winter told : “It could be worse.